{"id":782,"date":"2011-04-13T15:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T15:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/women-s-water-polo-49ers-begin-stretch-of-final-home-matches\/"},"modified":"2011-04-13T15:59:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T15:59:00","slug":"women-s-water-polo-49ers-begin-stretch-of-final-home-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/women-s-water-polo-49ers-begin-stretch-of-final-home-matches","title":{"rendered":"WOMEN&#8217;S WATER POLO: 49ers Begin Stretch of Final Home Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse; line-height: normal; \"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in\"><font><strong>3:01pm |&nbsp;<\/strong>Long Beach State&#8217;s women&#8217;s water polo team will play three more Big West matches this season, all at the Long Beach State Campus Pool as the team concludes its regular season.&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; \">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size:10pt; \"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>The 49ers (11-14), who dropped their first two Big West games on the road last weekend, get an opportunity to get back on track with two more matches this weekend. First up is a match on Saturday against UCSB (19-10), whom the 49ers defeated 5-2 back in February in a non-conference matchup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size:10pt; &nbsp;&lt;\/font&gt;&lt;\/font&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p class=\" msonormal\"=\"\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\">The next day, Sunday, Long Beach State returns to the campus pool, facing another squad that the 49ers previously defeated, No. 14 CS Northridge (21-11). The 49ers topped the Matadors 10-7 back on Feb. 13 at the UC Irvine Invitational.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size:10pt; \"><font size=\"3\"><font size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size:10pt; \">Long Beach State then closes the team&#8217;s regular season by hosting No. 10 UC Irvine with a night game at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 21. Prior to the beginning of that match, the team will honor its three seniors, Meaghan Leonard, Lauren Sieprath and Kristen Stragier, during a Senior Night ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size:10pt; \"><font>The team will then participate in the Big West Tournament hosted by UC Santa Barbara. 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